Chinook and Steelhead try to go up Alameda Creek to spawn near Freemont, California. This is a very urbanized area where the riparian zones have morphed into concrete in some areas. The video is of Steelhead trying to swim up the BART weir on Alameda Creek. We show this to make the point of what a fish barrier is and the reality of what happens. The fish don�t swim up and read the sign �fish barrier�, and then turn around. Instead they throw themselves against it again and again. This can decimate a fish population. We Rogue Flyfishers need to work harder to correct our fish barriers and stop new ones from being built. There is some good news. A fish ladder for the BART weir is supposed to be built by 2010. Thank you to the Alameda Creek Alliance for allowing us to use this video.

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